How to say "pink, rose-colored" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningpink, rose-colored
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَرْدِيّ
wardiyyורדי
وردي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ורוד
varodڤَارُود
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
و-ر-دHebrew root
ו-ר-דHebrew ורד (vered, 'rose') and Arabic warda ('rose') are the very same loanword — Old Persian *warda-, the same root behind Greek rhodon and Latin rosa. Hebrew varod (ורוד) and Arabic wardiyy both mean 'pink', built the identical way straight off the flower's name.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بَمْبِي
bambiבמביCairo's pink is bambi.
In a phrase
قَمِيص وَرْدِيّ
qamīṣ wardiyyקמיץ ורדיa pink shirt
Feminine
وَرْدِيَّة
wardiyyaורדיהMore in Colors, Shapes & Measures
- grayramādiyyرَمَادِيّאפור
- orange (color)burtuqāliyyبُرْتُقَالِيّכתום
- purple, violetbanafsajiyyبَنَفْسَجِيّסגול
- brownbunniyyبُنِّيّחום
- colorlawnلَوْنצבע
- dye, pigmentṣibghaصِبْغَةצבע
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